Author Archives: Catastrophe Jones
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Death by a thousand papercuts, the careless finality of words where gestures would be far more appreciated, even if futile. Do you have any idea what it feels like to be thrown away so easily, unnoticed, without mattering? You’re a … Continue reading
one day
your careless words and carefree glances, you laughing ones down the way, you don’t know what burning lurks beneath a cold shoulder on a hot summer day it’s hilarious to think of how you go about your days without any … Continue reading
Invocation
I turn my face inward to the sun inside me, an incadescent hatred of the chains in which our oppressors bind me, bind us all; I have decided to step away from the grim, chilling night and accept the rage … Continue reading
Give Me Nothing
I am this vast ocean and also drowning; I am this furious blaze and also burning; I am She Who Must Be Fed and also I consume myself in my hunger; nothing will sate me– nothing is enough– nothing fills, … Continue reading
Ideations
This blasted landscape of my life has left me longing not for death but simply ending for longer than I can remember. I have wished just to stop for what is longer than my daughter’s whole life, and she has … Continue reading